Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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